Theatre Quotes · Page 77

You never really see me acting a fool on TV.

— Vinny Guadagnino

The first perk of theatre is the girls.

— James Spader

Drama - what literature does at night.

— George Jean Nathan

I started out producing theatre in New York.

— Jason Blum

Even though I'm an actor, I'm a very bad liar.

— Andrew Lincoln

I am a human being. I am not an actor.

— Shane Smith

I am growing as an actor and person.

— Sunny Singh

Theatre just fills me up so much.

— Lea Michele

One is always attracted to pieces of theatre with great roles for women.

— Phyllida Lloyd

Improv acting is not just saying the lines but connecting with the other actor.

— Matt Besser

I'd rather be a working actor and not hiding anything in my personal life.

— Jonathan Groff

I'm sure no one really wants to think of themselves as a child actor.

— Timothee Chalamet

Be in the moment as an actor and as a human being, and you're going to be happy.

— Mark Webber

As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the bottom line.

— Glenn Close

I didn't grow up really wanting to be an actor. I don't remember ever not being an actor.

— Jodie Foster

I like to spend time alone before I go on stage.

— Mabel

It's such a small industry here you inevitably end up working with the same people over and over again. There are only…

— Karl Urban

Some good talent was just hanging around and waiting for someone to spot them and TV gave them the spotlight. Actors got…

— Javed Jaffrey

I think playing a comic role is the toughest job for an actor; to put glycerin and cry is easy, but to…

— Anita Hassanandani Reddy

Like all actors, I was open to taking on new challenges, including those outside my comfort zone.

— Robert Redford

Part of an actors job, in my opinion, is adjust to the characteristics of the director and try to understand to how…

— David Zayas

I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can…

— Peter Hedges

Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better. It just depends.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

I believe short films are more organic. It's almost like doing theatre. It just takes few takes.

— Tahir Raj Bhasin

It's important that a film is loud and I hope many people agree. You should be inside of a film when you…

— David Lynch

First, you need to write the script, re-work on lots of things. First draft, second draft, once the final script is ready…

— Sonu Sood

I had kind of an attitude, which was not uncommon in New York. Theater people who went to Hollywood to do sitcoms…

— Christopher Lloyd

I would love to create a piece of theater that is devised by a company of actors and creators that I'd put…

— Michael Arden

The life of an actor is you do a job and it's done, then you get another job, someone tells you about…

— Karl Glusman

I went to Second City, where you learned to make the other actor look good so you looked good and National Lampoon,…

— Bill Murray

Perhaps society should give actors the same sort of protection it gives to those who follow a religious life. Actor/priest was originally…

— Jennifer Stone

I think a large part of an actor's job in preparation is just making the words feel organic to them, and obviously…

— Zoe Kazan

I did not want to become an actor.

— Tamlyn Tomita

My goal as an actor is to grow and try different things.

— Dwayne Johnson

I had no idea I was going to have a career in the theater. I did not plan it.

— Robert Wilson

My career has been a roller coaster ride. And every actor experiences that phase.

— Manoj Bajpayee

That's what separates actors - I'll take any risk for a performance.

— Emory Cohen

Communication is very important. And the arts do that, whether it's film or theater.

— Anne Archer

I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act.

— Kevin Bacon

I left school at 12 for a theatre school where the focus was on dance. I had to educate myself.

— Jean Marsh